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She added: “We don’t know his cause of death yet. The coroner has said that they are waiting to find out from the doctors.

“He had a lot of health problems but we didn’t think this would happen.

“I found out he had died last week. My cousin found him and then contacted my family and my mum came up to tell me what had happened.

“I wasn’t expecting it at all and to be honest I’m having a really hard time with it.”

Terrance Ian Asher died at the age of 54

She now says that she needs to get up to Mansfield to see her father next week, and then again two weeks later for the funeral.

“I just want to get a bit of money," she said. "It doesn’t even have to be that much. I just need to get up to Mansfield to see him.

“I have been told by the coroner that I can see him next week. I’ll only be able to see him once and I need to go.

“I would like to get enough to cover trips up there to see him and then for the funeral and I would like to contribute to his funeral, anything, I’m his daughter and I would like to be able to put something towards it, to give him the send-off he deserves.”

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While the funeral will be in Mansfield, where Jessie’s dad lived with his family, she hopes to bring some of his ashes home with her to Truro.

Terrance Ian Asher, described as a "good person" who would have "done anything for anyone"

She said: “I moved to Truro when I was a little girl. I came with my mum.

“My dad lived in Mansfield his whole life. His whole family are up there. His mum and dad are buried up there and his sister, my auntie, died earlier this year.

“We are going to split his ashes so that some can be scattered up there with his family. I will get some to bring back home and I am hoping that if I have enough money I will be able to have them made into something special so that I can keep him with me.

“I just need to go up and say goodbye. I will never forgive myself if I didn’t.”